Razor-handle.



No. 746,348. PATENTED DEma, 1903.

E. A. LONGDON.

RAZOR HANDLE.

ABPLIOATION FILED 00T.v20. 1902.

F0 MODEL.

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Patented ecember '8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ELMERVA. LONGDON, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

lRAZOR-HAN DLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 746,348, dated December 8, 1903.

Application filed October Z0, 1902. Serial No. 127,951. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ELMER A. LONGDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razor-Handles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thev same, reference being hadA to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

A familiar difficulty growing out of the characteristic form of razor-handles and the material ot' which they are usually made is that the rivet which connects the two halves of the handle and forms ar pivot for the end of the interposed blade weakens the handle parts at the point where they are bored to receive the rivet. The result is that in honing and stropping razors the handles frequently break at this weakened point.

My invention relates to and its object is to provide means for overcoming the difficulty here indicated, and more particularly to provide the inner faces of the two halves of the razor-handle at the point where the blade is pivoted with inset metal plates to receive the strain upon the handle and to form bearing-surfaces to take the wear and friction of the shank of the blade. I attain these objects by means of the devices and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure 1 is a side elevation of a razor having a handle, in which my improvement is indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 2, an edge view of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional elevation of one end of a razor-handle which the blade may be swung into open or closed position and holding the three parts in operative relation to each other.

5 is a narrow elongated plate of thin sheet metal. The adjacent inner faces of the two handle parts l attheir ends which are pierced by the pi-vot 2 are each countersunk or recessed to receive a plate 5, the arrangement being such that the adjacent faces ofthe handle parts and the faces of the inset plates form smooth even surfaces. Various ways of securing the plates in position will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art. By way of illustration I have shown the plates as b ent in hook-like form, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the hooks being in parts. This arrangement is in practice found particularly cheap, simple, and effective when the handle parts are composed of vulcanized rubber, celluloid, and the like, for in such case the plates are putin place and embedded while the substance is in plastic condition.-

The parts being assembled as above described, and as shown in the drawings, the

plates 5 strengthen the handle at its weakest point to such an extent that the extremities of the handles may be broken away on the lines of the holes for the rivet 2 and still leave the blade pivotally secured in place by means of the plates. As the plates receive practically all the wear from opening and closing the blade, the durability7 of the razor is greatly increased.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent,

1. In aprazo'r-handle, two side pieces disposed in parallel relation, a metal plate on each of the opposing faces of said two pieces',

a rivet passing throughsaid side piecesand 'engagement with the bodyY of the handlel through said plates, which rivet forms a pivotal support for a blade interposed between said side pieces and said plates.

2. A razor-handle, a pair of side pieces, a pair of metal plates npon the opposing faces of said side pieces, hook-like portions 0n said plates which are embedded in said side pieces, a rivet passing through said side pieces and through said plates, which rivet holds the side pieces in separated parallel relation, and ro forms a pivotal support for a blade interposed between said side pieces.'

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses. ELMER A. LONGDON.

Vitnesses:

R. F. SWIGART, S. A. DORLAND. 

